Wrench



S. EAGLE.

WRENCH.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 13. 1920.

Patented June 7, 1921.

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,5. ti. EAGLE, F GILBERT ELSQITOBA, CANADA.

WRENCH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 13, 1920. Serial in. 416,731.

To all whom it may concern:

- wrenches and particularly to socket wrenches and the principal objectof the invention is to provide a sim ly constructed and inex-' pensiveand dura le wrench which can be easily and quickly attached to the usualsocket and is arranged so that the handle can be brought to a positionaxially alined with the socket or swung sidewise as occasion demands.

A further object is to arrange the wrench so that the handle can bereleasably locked in its axial position.

With the above objects in view the inven- I tion consists essentially inthe arrangement and construction of arts hereinafter'more particularlydescribed and later pointed out in the appended claim, reference beinghad to the accompanying-drawing in which Figure 1 is a perspective viewof the complete wrench showing the head -situated above the socket.

" vided at the top with a depression or indent Fig. head end of thewrench and also through the socket.

Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view of the socket.

In the'dr awing likecharacters of reference indlcate corresponding partsin the several figures.

1 is the handle of the wrench which is 1 suitably shaped for grippingurposes. One end of the handle is decrease in diameter as indicated at2, and to this end ll secure in any suitable manner a fixed shank 3,which has the-forward'end bifurcated .or forked to receive the upper endof thehead 4 which is pivotally fastened to the shank by'aross pin 5passing through the forks...

The head has the lower ends uare is semi-circular as'indicated at'6 andis pro- 7 which is adapted to' receive a catch 8 s ably mounted in theshank and normally inserted spring 9. I

ressed toward the head by the action of an '2 is a sectional viewthrough the,

, socket support fi e zontal section and the upper on of the head Thislatterarrangement is such that when the handle 1 1s swung into aposition axially alined with the head the projecting end of ends shapedto fit a nut. I might here state that this socket varies in practicedepending upon the work and may have a hexagonal opening such as shownat 12 or any other sided opening dependin on the type of nut on which itis-to be used A tool of this kind is particularly useful where one hasto get under a machine to do.

the work, such as under an automobile. After having placed the socket ona nut one enters the .head 4 in the socket with the handle straight andthen by swinging'the handle to the side can get considerable leverage toundo the nut.

In using the tool to start a nut the handle is brought to a positionsuch that it is axially alined with the socket and then by turning thehandle around bya rolling action between the hands, the work can beeasily accomplished.

What ll claim as my invention is 2- A wrench comprising a handle havinga bifurcated shank, a socket support having one end mounted andpivotally secured between the branches of the' shank bifurcations andthe other end squared, a. nut-engaging socket having a squared boreadapted to s'lidably receive therein, and means carried by the handleand engageable with the rounded end of the socket'support to hold 4 thelatter in difierent positions.

Signed at Winnipeg, this 23rd day of September, 1920.

K. B. WA:

Patented June '2, i921.

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